It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.

我们是我们选择的结果。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

"Cada libro es un acto de fe en el poder transformador de las palabras."

The best solutions come from collaboration between industry, government, and communities.

对于音乐家而言，最必要的，最重要的，最主要的，最本质的事情是：知道他想要什么，他能做什么，以及他应该做什么。

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I never look back, I just look forward.